latin american

• Cumbia is a Colombian dance music that is an amalgam of Andean Indian, African & European musical styles.
• Cumbia is cast in a medium tempo, with a rhythm of 1, 1-2, 1, 1-2, 1.
• The melodies of Cumbia are often in minor keys and are sensual and melancholy.
• Tango is a fairly slow dance in 2/4 meter, with a syncopated rhythm, that became popular about 1900 in the cities of the Argentina.
• Cha-Cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.
• Cha-Cha is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in 1953.
• Rumba is a lively Cuban dance that became very popular in the United States in the 1930’s.
• Rumba is notable for its syncopated rhythm, with accents falling on unexpected beats.
• Bossa nova is a Brazilian dance music, a blend for the samba & cool jazz.
• Reggae is a kind of popular vocal & dance music developed in Jamaica in the late 1960’s performed in solo or harmonized song, usually strophic supported by the driving melodies & rhythms of guitars, percussions, organ, piano, drums & winds instruments.